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Tech Moves: Madrona adds Silicon Valley partner; Walmart execs join Nex; and more

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He has degrees from West Point and the Chicago Booth School of Business, and is also on the board of the National Childhood Apraxia of Speech, a nonprofit organization. Center Photo) — Amy Padgett , a longtime leader at SAP Concur, joined Seattle-area travel expense management startup Center as senior vice president of travel ecosystem.

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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

CIO Business Intelligence

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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Volkswagen drives the automotive industry cloud forward

CIO Business Intelligence

MHP, a subsidiary of Porsche, of which VW is a majority stakeholder, also developed the application Call Rocker, which automates the replenishment of supplies in SAP logistics systems, according to a VW representative. A big plus for VW is the ability to mobilize an internally owed IT engineering company for the effort.

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Microsoft’s latest OpenAI investment opens way to new enterprise services

CIO Business Intelligence

And as an investor it can expect some return on its capital, although this will be limited by OpenAI’s status as a capped-profit company governed by a nonprofit. And it will soon offer Microsoft 365 subscribers a new application combining features of PowerPoint with OpenAI’s Dall-E 2 image generator.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO Business Intelligence

According to the 2023 State of the CIO , IT leaders are looking to shore up competencies in key areas such as cybersecurity (39%), application development (30%), data science/analytics (30%), and AI/machine learning (26%).

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